“We announced a plan to restructure key licensing and development agreements to improve the long-term profitability of our packaged goods business," said CFO Eric Brown in a conference call.

"While some employees are impacted by this restructuring it's a relatively small number, this is not a major personnel reorganisation. We are continuing to hire in selected franchise teams and in our digital business," he added.

EA has cancelled the NBA Elite project.

The so-called whistleblower of the suspected mass-layoffs, ex 3D Realms’ boss George Broussard, has since removed a message on Twitter that suggested the cuts affected over 100.